14 charged with running heroin 'delivery service' out of LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fourteen people have been charged with running a pizza delivery-style drug ring out of Los Angeles that used a fleet of cars to fill telephone orders for heroin and cocaine.... Read More

San Diego County to return $290,000 to pot businessman

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- With California gearing up to permit the sale of recreational marijuana, San Diego County's top prosecutor has agreed to return $290,000 seized from a pot business owner last year.... Read More

California lawmaker faces claims his hugs were inappropriate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A California Democratic state senator known for greeting people with hugs is now facing allegations that his behavior made women he worked with uncomfortable.... Read More

Fire captain: Ghost Ship defendant said no one lived there

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A fire department captain says one of the men charged in a warehouse fire in California that killed 36 people told him no one lived in the building.... Read More

Former UC Davis professor, conductor accused of sex assault

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A former conductor of the University of California, Davis, Symphony Orchestra gave up his professor titles amid allegations he sexually assaulted a former student who now works at the university.... Read More

GOP's not all that sad; party grapples with Alabama fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weary national Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday, a day after voters knocked out their own party's scandal-plagued candidate in deep-red Alabama. Yet all is not well in a party confronted with new rounds of infighting and a suddenly shrinking Senate majority heading into next year's midterm elections.... Read More

Bombing underscores New York subway system's vulnerability

NEW YORK (AP) -- The crude pipe bomb that exploded beneath the streets of New York this week served as a chilling reminder of the vulnerability of the city's subway system, a 24-hour-a-day operation with 472 stations and more than 5 million daily riders.... Read More

Republican higher education bill clears first hurdle

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican legislation making its way through Congress goes after a number of key student loan subsidies and deductions, and critics say it could make college less affordable for millions of Americans.... Read More

Walmart gives workers a way to get paid earlier

NEW YORK (AP) -- Walmart is providing workers with an app aimed at helping them budget their money and get paid before payday.... Read More

Police: Estranged husband kills wife, self at college campus

MONACA, Pa. (AP) -- A woman who worked at a Penn State satellite campus apparently was shot dead by her estranged husband in a university parking lot on Wednesday, and the man then killed himself, police said.... Read More